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Find yourself logging into MANY servers at a time via SSH?

It can become confusing at times to be sure which server you are logged into, especially when you have networks that are very similar.

My solution (perhaps you have a better one, if so share it in the comments) is to use a combination of a welcome message and logon scripts to give me computer information when I logon to ensure that I am on the right machine and also give me a readout of important processes that are running.

Ok so this assumes that you already have your linux server and you can ssh into it.

I’m on a windows box at work so I have already installed an X window (we can touch on that on a later date) and Putty.

Download PUTTY here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

When you connect, I login as ROOT:

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OK so you “forgot” your password? Right haven’t heard that before. But never the less it’s a question that is asked over and over. So whether you legitimately forgot your password, bought a pc that was on display and noone knows the password, or you just have an older brother that won’t let you on his computer, this is a step by step tutorial on how to do it all.

Windows users, let’s start at Option1 (Mac and Linux users let’s go to Option3)

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Option1: Display the password

Website: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/download.php

Using Ophcrack to display the passwords for all the accounts on the computer.

Windows 7 Users currently it looks like this won’t work for you. But there are separate downloads for Vista and XP users.

First off we download the CD image for the Operating System we are using. In this case i’ll be using XP.

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We love Live CDs, but it’s a hassle installing the same packages every time you need to do a virus scan or recover accidentally deleted data. We’ll show you how to roll your own Ubuntu Live CD, with all the packages you want, and even more nice customizations.

The tool that we’re going to use is called Reconstructor, which is a free webapp that lets you roll your own Ubuntu and Debian CDs.

Getting Started

The first step, as noted above, is to sign up for an account. Click the Sign Up link and fill out the form that appears.

You will be greeted by Reconstructor’s main interface. To create your customized Ubuntu CD, click on the Create Project button in the left column.

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There are tons of programs that can rip audio CDs on Linux, but very few are as simple as Sound Juicer. Sound Juicer is a GUI front-end for the command line only tool cdparanoia, but it adds quite features that make it worth a look.

Install Sound Juicer

Sound Juicer is not installed by default in a lot of distributions so it may need to be installed from the distribution’s software repository. Start by opening up the software manager that comes with your distribution.

Note: The screenshots show mintInstall that comes with Linux Mint 9.

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